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Impact of a Pilot Project for Integrated Care on Hospitalization Rate among Older Adults in South Korea

International Journal of Integrated Care
Introduction: Since 2019, the Korean government has implemented a pilot project for integrated care to encourage healthy aging of older adults. This study investigated the changes in hospitalization rates among older adults who participated in the ...
Jae Woo Choi, Hyo Jung Bang, Ae Jung Yoo, Hyun Ji Lee   +3 more
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Sickness absence and disability pension among injured working-aged pedestrians - a population-based Swedish register study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The knowledge is scarce about sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) among pedestrians injured in a traffic-related accident, including falls. Thus, the aim was to explore the frequencies of types of accidents and injuries and their
Linnea Kjeldgård, Helena Stigson, Maria Klingegård, Kristina Alexanderson, Emilie Friberg   +4 more
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Modifying effects of education on the association between lifestyle behaviors and the risk of obesity: evidence from South Korea

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background No previous study has explored the interactions between education and lifestyle in relation to obesity. This study hypothesized that education may be obesogenic through its interplay with lifestyle behaviors.
Woojin Chung, Sunmi Lee, Seung-ji Lim, Jaeyeun Kim   +3 more
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Sickness absence transitions among Swedish twins with back, neck or shoulder pain and common mental disorders applying a multi-state approach

Scientific Reports, 2023
We aimed to investigate transitions to and from sickness absence, or disability pension among individuals with back, neck, or shoulder pain and/or with common mental disorders (CMDs), and the role of familial (genetics and shared environment) influences ...
Sanna Kärkkäinen, Jakob Bergström, Annina Ropponen, Mo Wang, Jurgita Narusyte, Pia Svedberg   +5 more
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Risk Corridors and Reinsurance in Health Insurance Marketplaces: Insurance for Insurers [PDF]

American Journal of Health Economics, 2016
Health Insurance Marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act implement reinsurance and risk corridors. Reinsurance limits insurer costs associated with specific individuals, while risk corridors protect against aggregate losses. Both tighten the insurer's distribution of expected costs. This paper compares the economic costs and consequences of
Timothy J. Layton, Thomas G. McGuire, Anna D. Sinaiko   +2 more
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Charting the path to the implementation of universal health coverage policy in Nigeria through the lens of Delphi methodology

BMC Health Services Research
Background Expanding access to equitable health insurance is an important lever towards the overall strategy for achieving universal health coverage. In Nigeria, health insurance coverage is low with a renewed government action on increasing access to ...
Jibril M. Bashar, Sulaiman Hadiza, Ozoilo J. Ugochi, Lawal S. Muhammad, Adeoye Olufemi, Ukoh Eberechi, Yakubu Agada-Amade, Alhassan Yusuf, Abdulhamid H. Abdullahi, Hassan S. Musa, Ahmad A. Ibrahim, Kalu-Umeh Nnennaya, Jennifer Anyanti, Dayyabu Yusuf, Kenneth Okoineme, Jennifer Adebambo, Samuel O. Ikani, Dennis Aizobu, Musa Abubakar, Babandi S. Zaharaddeen, Lawal Aminu, Yusuf H. Wada   +21 more
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Risk Identification and Classification in Iranian Pension Funds: Assessment and Control [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Insurance Research
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pension funds are one of the most critical pillars of a country’s social security system, tasked with ensuring financial protection for retirees and contributing to socio-economic stability.
Atousa Goodarzi, Amirmohammad Karaminik
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Risk factors for Bell’s palsy based on the Korean National Health Insurance Service National Sample Cohort data

Scientific Reports, 2021
The associations between hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia with Bell’s palsy have been controversial and only a few studies have assessed risk factors for Bell’s palsy based on population-based data.
Junhui Jeong, So Ra Yoon, Hyunsun Lim, Jangwon Oh, Hyun Seung Choi   +4 more
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Community-based health insurance beneficiaries’ satisfaction with health service provision and its predictors at outpatient department of public health facilities in Ethiopia: findings from a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Ethiopia’s Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is currently providing financial protection to more than 54 million beneficiaries (64% of the target population).
Teklu Debebe, Adamu Wondimtekahu, Bereket Habte, Kidist Dereje, Alemayehu Bedassa, Wudalew Meselu Tesfaye, Hilina Faye, Dereje Mengistu, Yamerot Andualem, Tesfaye Worku, Geremew Tesgera, Tigist Yoseph, Frehiwot Abebe, Muluken Argaw, Adamtachew Beyene, Mekonnen Ararso, Fikru Teshome, Wodaje Gietaneh   +17 more
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Crop insurance: Risks and models of insurance [PDF]

Ekonomika poljoprivrede, 2014
The issue of crop protection is very important because of a variety of risks that could cause difficult consequences. One type of risk protection is insurance. The author in the paper states various models of insurance in some EU countries and the systems of subsidizing of insurance premiums by state.
Vladimir, Čolović, Nataša, Mrvić Petrović   +1 more
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